Business vs Ultimate...

As much as I hate it, a Vista laptop will be infiltrating my network within
the week.
The user bought a Toshiba M300 that came with the Home Basic version, that
the idiots at Office Depot said 'sure, all your programs will run on it'.
After going round & round, trying to get her to order a Dell or at least
order one with XP Pro from Toshiba's website, she decided to go with this &
get the Business upgrade.
She agreed to upgrading the software that wouldn't run under Vista.
I told her to go back to Office Depot & get the Vista Business upgrade & she
let them talk her into Vista Ultimate.
Is this going to give me problems in a Win2k domain?
I had heard that XP Media edition had problems in a domain, so with all
Media Center capabilities of Ultimate, will I have problems with it?
She plans to use it both at work & home for company business.
What about the BitLocker Drive Encryption?
Should the computer become un-bootable, would I be able to put the HD in
another computer & get data off of it?
What if it crashed & had to be sent to a data recovery company?

I have also learned the hard way to NOT use the upgrade option, but to let
Vista Business wipe everything out & install from scratch!

--
"The very existence of flame-throwers, proves that some time, somewhere,
someone said to themselves, `You know, I want to set those people over there
on fire, I'm just not close enough to get the job done.'"

Mike wrote:
> As much as I hate it, a Vista laptop will be infiltrating my network within
> the week.
> The user bought a Toshiba M300 that came with the Home Basic version, that
> the idiots at Office Depot said 'sure, all your programs will run on it'.
> After going round & round, trying to get her to order a Dell or at least
> order one with XP Pro from Toshiba's website, she decided to go with this &
> get the Business upgrade.
> She agreed to upgrading the software that wouldn't run under Vista.
> I told her to go back to Office Depot & get the Vista Business upgrade & she
> let them talk her into Vista Ultimate.
> Is this going to give me problems in a Win2k domain?
> I had heard that XP Media edition had problems in a domain, so with all
> Media Center capabilities of Ultimate, will I have problems with it?
> She plans to use it both at work & home for company business.
> What about the BitLocker Drive Encryption?
> Should the computer become un-bootable, would I be able to put the HD in
> another computer & get data off of it?
> What if it crashed & had to be sent to a data recovery company?
>
> I have also learned the hard way to NOT use the upgrade option, but to let
> Vista Business wipe everything out & install from scratch!
>

Fire the bitch.

Alias

Q. Is this going to give me problems in a Win2k domain?

A. No. Both Vista Business & Ultimate will join a domain.

Q. So with all Media Center capabilities of Ultimate, will I have problems with it?

A. No. Windows Media Center has nothing to do with joining a domain network.
Please note that the Windows XP Media Center O/S was not designed to join a domain.

Q. What about the BitLocker Drive Encryption?

A. Please review the following:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/window...2cf311033.mspx

Open Sesame: BitLocker Recovery Passwords
http://blogs.technet.com/bitlocker/

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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"Mike" <> wrote in message news:...
As much as I hate it, a Vista laptop will be infiltrating my network within
the week.
The user bought a Toshiba M300 that came with the Home Basic version, that
the idiots at Office Depot said 'sure, all your programs will run on it'.
After going round & round, trying to get her to order a Dell or at least
order one with XP Pro from Toshiba's website, she decided to go with this &
get the Business upgrade.
She agreed to upgrading the software that wouldn't run under Vista.
I told her to go back to Office Depot & get the Vista Business upgrade & she
let them talk her into Vista Ultimate.
Is this going to give me problems in a Win2k domain?
I had heard that XP Media edition had problems in a domain, so with all
Media Center capabilities of Ultimate, will I have problems with it?
She plans to use it both at work & home for company business.
What about the BitLocker Drive Encryption?
Should the computer become un-bootable, would I be able to put the HD in
another computer & get data off of it?
What if it crashed & had to be sent to a data recovery company?

I have also learned the hard way to NOT use the upgrade option, but to let
Vista Business wipe everything out & install from scratch!

--
"The very existence of flame-throwers, proves that some time, somewhere,
someone said to themselves, `You know, I want to set those people over there
on fire, I'm just not close enough to get the job done.'"

Alias wrote:
> Mike wrote:
>
>> As much as I hate it, a Vista laptop will be infiltrating my network
>> within the week.
>> The user bought a Toshiba M300 that came with the Home Basic version,
>> that the idiots at Office Depot said 'sure, all your programs will run
>> on it'.
>> After going round & round, trying to get her to order a Dell or at
>> least order one with XP Pro from Toshiba's website, she decided to go
>> with this & get the Business upgrade.
>> She agreed to upgrading the software that wouldn't run under Vista.
>> I told her to go back to Office Depot & get the Vista Business upgrade
>> & she let them talk her into Vista Ultimate.
>> Is this going to give me problems in a Win2k domain?
>> I had heard that XP Media edition had problems in a domain, so with
>> all Media Center capabilities of Ultimate, will I have problems with it?
>> She plans to use it both at work & home for company business.
>> What about the BitLocker Drive Encryption?
>> Should the computer become un-bootable, would I be able to put the HD
>> in another computer & get data off of it?
>> What if it crashed & had to be sent to a data recovery company?
>>
>> I have also learned the hard way to NOT use the upgrade option, but to
>> let Vista Business wipe everything out & install from scratch!
>>
>
> Fire the bitch.
>
Be sure and let your wife read your wonderful male chauvinist pig
statement about a female you don't even know.

fb wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>> Mike wrote:
>>
>>> As much as I hate it, a Vista laptop will be infiltrating my network
>>> within the week.
>>> The user bought a Toshiba M300 that came with the Home Basic version,
>>> that the idiots at Office Depot said 'sure, all your programs will
>>> run on it'.
>>> After going round & round, trying to get her to order a Dell or at
>>> least order one with XP Pro from Toshiba's website, she decided to go
>>> with this & get the Business upgrade.
>>> She agreed to upgrading the software that wouldn't run under Vista.
>>> I told her to go back to Office Depot & get the Vista Business
>>> upgrade & she let them talk her into Vista Ultimate.
>>> Is this going to give me problems in a Win2k domain?
>>> I had heard that XP Media edition had problems in a domain, so with
>>> all Media Center capabilities of Ultimate, will I have problems with it?
>>> She plans to use it both at work & home for company business.
>>> What about the BitLocker Drive Encryption?
>>> Should the computer become un-bootable, would I be able to put the HD
>>> in another computer & get data off of it?
>>> What if it crashed & had to be sent to a data recovery company?
>>>
>>> I have also learned the hard way to NOT use the upgrade option, but
>>> to let Vista Business wipe everything out & install from scratch!
>>>
>>
>> Fire the bitch.
>>
> Be sure and let your wife read your wonderful male chauvinist pig
> statement about a female you don't even know.

I would have said "fire the asshole" if the person was male. Oops, there
goes your argument again.

Alias

Alias wrote:

> fb wrote:
>
>> Alias wrote:
>>
>>> Mike wrote:
>>>
>>>> As much as I hate it, a Vista laptop will be infiltrating my network
>>>> within the week.
>>>> The user bought a Toshiba M300 that came with the Home Basic
>>>> version, that the idiots at Office Depot said 'sure, all your
>>>> programs will run on it'.
>>>> After going round & round, trying to get her to order a Dell or at
>>>> least order one with XP Pro from Toshiba's website, she decided to
>>>> go with this & get the Business upgrade.
>>>> She agreed to upgrading the software that wouldn't run under Vista.
>>>> I told her to go back to Office Depot & get the Vista Business
>>>> upgrade & she let them talk her into Vista Ultimate.
>>>> Is this going to give me problems in a Win2k domain?
>>>> I had heard that XP Media edition had problems in a domain, so with
>>>> all Media Center capabilities of Ultimate, will I have problems with
>>>> it?
>>>> She plans to use it both at work & home for company business.
>>>> What about the BitLocker Drive Encryption?
>>>> Should the computer become un-bootable, would I be able to put the
>>>> HD in another computer & get data off of it?
>>>> What if it crashed & had to be sent to a data recovery company?
>>>>
>>>> I have also learned the hard way to NOT use the upgrade option, but
>>>> to let Vista Business wipe everything out & install from scratch!
>>>>
>>>
>>> Fire the bitch.
>>>
>> Be sure and let your wife read your wonderful male chauvinist pig
>> statement about a female you don't even know.
>
>
> I would have said "fire the asshole" if the person was male.

Figures.

Oops, there
> goes your argument again.

I'm certainly not arguing with an idiot loser like you.
Oops!
I'm simply pointing out what an asshole loser you are.
Oops!
But [sic] we already knew that!
Oops!

>
> Alias

fb wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>
>> fb wrote:
>>
>>> Alias wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mike wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> As much as I hate it, a Vista laptop will be infiltrating my
>>>>> network within the week.
>>>>> The user bought a Toshiba M300 that came with the Home Basic
>>>>> version, that the idiots at Office Depot said 'sure, all your
>>>>> programs will run on it'.
>>>>> After going round & round, trying to get her to order a Dell or at
>>>>> least order one with XP Pro from Toshiba's website, she decided to
>>>>> go with this & get the Business upgrade.
>>>>> She agreed to upgrading the software that wouldn't run under Vista.
>>>>> I told her to go back to Office Depot & get the Vista Business
>>>>> upgrade & she let them talk her into Vista Ultimate.
>>>>> Is this going to give me problems in a Win2k domain?
>>>>> I had heard that XP Media edition had problems in a domain, so with
>>>>> all Media Center capabilities of Ultimate, will I have problems
>>>>> with it?
>>>>> She plans to use it both at work & home for company business.
>>>>> What about the BitLocker Drive Encryption?
>>>>> Should the computer become un-bootable, would I be able to put the
>>>>> HD in another computer & get data off of it?
>>>>> What if it crashed & had to be sent to a data recovery company?
>>>>>
>>>>> I have also learned the hard way to NOT use the upgrade option, but
>>>>> to let Vista Business wipe everything out & install from scratch!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Fire the bitch.
>>>>
>>> Be sure and let your wife read your wonderful male chauvinist pig
>>> statement about a female you don't even know.
>>
>>
>> I would have said "fire the asshole" if the person was male.
>
> Figures.
>
> Oops, there
>> goes your argument again.
>
> I'm certainly not arguing with an idiot loser like you.
> Oops!

No, my mistake; you were lying.

> I'm simply pointing out what an asshole loser you are.
> Oops!

Considering that I am neither ... oops.

> But [sic] we already knew that!
> Oops!

You and "know" is an oxymoron.

Alias

Alias wrote:

> fb wrote:
>
>> Alias wrote:
>>
>>> fb wrote:
>>>
>>>> Alias wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Mike wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> As much as I hate it, a Vista laptop will be infiltrating my
>>>>>> network within the week.
>>>>>> The user bought a Toshiba M300 that came with the Home Basic
>>>>>> version, that the idiots at Office Depot said 'sure, all your
>>>>>> programs will run on it'.
>>>>>> After going round & round, trying to get her to order a Dell or at
>>>>>> least order one with XP Pro from Toshiba's website, she decided to
>>>>>> go with this & get the Business upgrade.
>>>>>> She agreed to upgrading the software that wouldn't run under Vista.
>>>>>> I told her to go back to Office Depot & get the Vista Business
>>>>>> upgrade & she let them talk her into Vista Ultimate.
>>>>>> Is this going to give me problems in a Win2k domain?
>>>>>> I had heard that XP Media edition had problems in a domain, so
>>>>>> with all Media Center capabilities of Ultimate, will I have
>>>>>> problems with it?
>>>>>> She plans to use it both at work & home for company business.
>>>>>> What about the BitLocker Drive Encryption?
>>>>>> Should the computer become un-bootable, would I be able to put the
>>>>>> HD in another computer & get data off of it?
>>>>>> What if it crashed & had to be sent to a data recovery company?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have also learned the hard way to NOT use the upgrade option,
>>>>>> but to let Vista Business wipe everything out & install from scratch!
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Fire the bitch.
>>>>>
>>>> Be sure and let your wife read your wonderful male chauvinist pig
>>>> statement about a female you don't even know.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I would have said "fire the asshole" if the person was male.
>>
>>
>> Figures.
>>
>> Oops, there
>>
>>> goes your argument again.
>>
>>
>> I'm certainly not arguing with an idiot loser like you.
>> Oops!
>
>
> No, my mistake;

No, you are an idiot loser. No mistake about that.

you were lying.

No, you're the known and admitted liar.

>
>> I'm simply pointing out what an asshole loser you are.
>> Oops!
>
>
> Considering that I am neither ... oops.
>
"Neither"? What, that you're neither an asshole or a liar?
Liar!
Oops!

>> But [sic] we already knew that!
>> Oops!
>
>
> You and "know" is an oxymoron.

I 'know" you're a "moron"!
Oops!

****Boy wrote:
> Alias wrote:
>
>> fb wrote:
>>
>>> Alias wrote:
>>>
>>>> fb wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Alias wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As much as I hate it, a Vista laptop will be infiltrating my
>>>>>>> network within the week.
>>>>>>> The user bought a Toshiba M300 that came with the Home Basic
>>>>>>> version, that the idiots at Office Depot said 'sure, all your
>>>>>>> programs will run on it'.
>>>>>>> After going round & round, trying to get her to order a Dell or
>>>>>>> at least order one with XP Pro from Toshiba's website, she
>>>>>>> decided to go with this & get the Business upgrade.
>>>>>>> She agreed to upgrading the software that wouldn't run under Vista.
>>>>>>> I told her to go back to Office Depot & get the Vista Business
>>>>>>> upgrade & she let them talk her into Vista Ultimate.
>>>>>>> Is this going to give me problems in a Win2k domain?
>>>>>>> I had heard that XP Media edition had problems in a domain, so
>>>>>>> with all Media Center capabilities of Ultimate, will I have
>>>>>>> problems with it?
>>>>>>> She plans to use it both at work & home for company business.
>>>>>>> What about the BitLocker Drive Encryption?
>>>>>>> Should the computer become un-bootable, would I be able to put
>>>>>>> the HD in another computer & get data off of it?
>>>>>>> What if it crashed & had to be sent to a data recovery company?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have also learned the hard way to NOT use the upgrade option,
>>>>>>> but to let Vista Business wipe everything out & install from
>>>>>>> scratch!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fire the bitch.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Be sure and let your wife read your wonderful male chauvinist pig
>>>>> statement about a female you don't even know.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I would have said "fire the asshole" if the person was male.
>>>
>>>
>>> Figures.
>>>
>>> Oops, there
>>>
>>>> goes your argument again.
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm certainly not arguing with an idiot loser like you.
>>> Oops!
>>
>>
>> No, my mistake;
>
> No, you are an idiot loser. No mistake about that.
>
> you were lying.
>
> No, you're the known and admitted liar.
>
>>
>>> I'm simply pointing out what an asshole loser you are.
>>> Oops!
>>
>>
>> Considering that I am neither ... oops.
>>
> "Neither"? What, that you're neither an asshole or a liar?
> Liar!
> Oops!
>
>>> But [sic] we already knew that!
>>> Oops!
>>
>>
>> You and "know" is an oxymoron.
>
> I 'know" you're a "moron"!
> Oops!

So says the moronic man who can only post cliches, grade school "put
downs", unfounded insults, lies, profanity and bluster.

Guess what? You're the only person that believe anything you say if,
indeed, you do.

Alias

Alias, the lying sheep-fukkin troll wrote:


> ...So says the moronic man who can only post cliches, grade school "put
> downs", unfounded insults, lies, profanity and bluster.

You really can't deal with the truth about yourself can you troll?
Oops!
>
> Guess what?...

No, sorry but I don't 'guess", I "know".

You're the only person that believe anything you say if,
> indeed, you do.

Hahaha...I see that I do so control your sorry lying ass!...LOL!
Loser!
Oops!